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200-person high school hackathon in the Bay Area

Welcome to Los Altos Hacks! We're extremely excited to have you all here. Hacking starts at 12PM on Saturday, and all submissions to Devpost must be in by 10am on Sunday. We hope you'll learn a lot from this experience and build something you're proud of.

Eligibility

Teams can be maximum 4 people, and everyone must be a high schooler & present at the hackathon to participate. You must also have your parent packet signed. A copy is available at http://bit.ly/LosAltosHacksParentPacket.

Requirements

• You must select which sponsor prize you're going for, if any.

How to enter

• Submit your app to Devpost

• Attend the expo

• Wait for judging and results

Judges

Zach LattaHack Club

Janet FangGirls who Code

Gemma BusoniDiscovr Labs

Annie BubinskiMicrosoft

Andrew MollMicrosoft

Andrew HernandezMicrosoft

Jessica WongMicrosoft

Ryan OrbuchVolley

Jeremy RossmannMake School

Skylar PayneGoogle

David TeslerGoForge

Judging Criteria

Originality
Is the hack more than just another generic social/mobile/local app? Does it do something entirely novel, or at least take a fresh approach to an old problem?

Technical Difficulty
Is the hack technically interesting or difficult? Is it just some lipstick on an API, or were there real technical challenges to surmount?

Polish
Is the hack usable in its current state? Is the user experience smooth? Does everything appear to work? Is it well designed?

Usefulness
Is the hack practical? Is it something people would actually use? Does it fulfill a real need people have?